Daily Deals: Each day, new daily deals appear at 10AM PST and expires the next day at 10PM

Flash Deals: At any given time, there will be 4 deals that won't last long (several hours). When one expires, another replaces it.

Community Vote Deals: You get to vote on what the next deal is. Every 8 hours.

Deals spanning the entire event: Various games and bundles are on sale for the entire sale, however play it smart and only buy a game if it's a daily deal (when the price is lower). Resort to buying what doesn't go on sale as a daily deal at the end of the sale.

Steam Sale Commandments:

Thou shalt not purchase any individual title unless it is a daily/flash/community deal. Wait until the end to buy otherwise.

Thou shalt not hesitate to jump on too-good-to-be-true deals as there have been price mistakes in the past sales. Price mistakes are honored.

Thou shalt not hesitate to dip into the kids' college funds to buy these games

Thou shalt live off of ramen until the end of the sale

====Current Deals====Remember, never buy a game unless it's a daily/flash/community deal. If it never shows up as a daily/flash/community deal, go ahead and buy it on sale at the last minute.

====Event-wide Deals (July 12th - 23rd)====I cannot express this enough: only buy games if it is a daily/flash/community deal. Resort to purchasing on-sale games at the last minute if it never appears as a daily deal.

Individual Titles:A subjective listing of some cheap/good games that I believe are already at their lowest. Might as well buy these whenever. Please do your own research first before buying!

Get an extra 30% in-store credit when you trade your old games toward the purchase of Steam Wallet currency during the Steam Summer Sale!*

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Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. Offer valid only toward games normally accepted in trade. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Void where prohibited. GameStop, Inc. reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the offer for any reason, without notice.

07/18/12 Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion -25% off $29.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/204880/
NOTE: A single + multiplayer strategy, has MetaScore 84. Not much of a sale for a Daily Deal. Sale ends July 19th!

07/17/12 Spec Ops: The Line -33% off $33.49 http://store.steampowered.com/app/50300/
NOTE: A single + multiplayer action adventure. Steam cheapest sale price was $24.99, this isn't a good sale. Sale ends July 18th!

07/16/12 Metro 2033 -75% off $4.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/43110/
NOTE: A single player action fps has a MetaScore of 81. Lowest matching sale price again, this game is alwasy on sale at this price. Sale ends July 17th!

07/15/12 Cities XL 2012 -75% off $9.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/201760/
NOTE: A single player city simulation, has MetaScore of 61. This is Steams lowest matching sale price again. Sale ends July 16th!

07/15/12 The Walking Dead -40% off $14.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/207610/
NOTE: PC+MAC Steamplay a single player adventure, has MetaScore of 82. Steams lowest sale price, I think it should be -75% off. Sale ends July 16th!

07/14/12 The Elder Scrolls Collection -50% off $49.49 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13438/Includes 3 items: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
07/14/12 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -50% off $29.79 http://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/
NOTE: A single player rpg, has MetaScore 94. This is Steams lowest sale price, but during the Holiday with 33% coupon it was $26.79! Sale ends July 15th!

07/13/12 Anno 2070 Collection -66% off $24.99 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/15255/Includes 10 items:Anno 2070, The Keeper Package, The Development Package, The Eden Series Package, The Central Statistical Package, The Crisis Response Package, The Distrust Series Package, The Silent Running Package, The Nordamark Line Package, The E.V.E. Package
NOTE: A single + multiplayer futuristic strategy game, has MetaScore of 83. This is Steams lowest sale price on the Collection. Sale ends July 14th!

07/12/12 Back to the Future: The Game -75% off $6.24 http://store.steampowered.com/app/31290
NOTE: PC+MAC Steamplay a single player adventure, has MetaScore 84! Steams lowest sale price! Sale ends July 13th 12am PDT!

07/13/12 Darksiders -75% off $4.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/50620/
NOTE: A single player PC action adventure, has MetaScore of 83! This game is on sale at this price so often its not really any special sale. Sale ends July 13th 10am PDT!

07/16/12 The Elder Scrolls Collection -50% off $49.49 http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13438/Includes 3 items: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
07/16/12 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -50% off $29.79 http://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/
NOTE: A single player rpg, has MetaScore 94. This is Steams lowest sale price, but during the Holiday with 33% coupon it was $26.79! Sale ends July 17th 8am PST!

07/20/12 The Walking Dead -40% off $14.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/207610/
NOTE: PC+MAC Steamplay a single player adventure, has MetaScore of 82. Steams lowest sale price, I think it should be -75% off. Sale ends July 20th 8am PST!

What I'd like to know is if the Indie Packs that will be available each day (i.e. Indie Pack 1 from today -- Anomaly Warzone Earth, The Baconing, Cave Story+, EDGE, Lone Survivor $9.99) will give you extra giftable copies of any games you own, like some previous indie bundle deals they have.

If not, I'll be extermely disappointed. As I was hoping to pick up every single daily Indie Pack. But since I probably own about 60-70% of the games in all the packs combined, if I don't get extra copies to give to friends, or trade with, there's no point.